Category: Crestwood News

On Tuesday March 31st, cast and crew members of the Sears Ontario Drama Festival, attended the Toronto North Awards Night at L’Amoreaux. Taking home an Award of Merit for Performance, was Grade 12 student Sam Downey, for his performance as Captain English in “S.S. Ethie.” The show was performed as a part of the Festival

Mr. Scott Masters and the Staff and Students at CPC extend an invitation to you and a family member to attend a Thank You Breakfast, to be held in honour of the many Veterans and Survivors and Family and Community Members who have contributed their stories to Crestwood’s Oral History Project. This year marks the

Crestwood is pleased to note that this month’s issue of Canada’s History has a feature on the Crestwood Oral History Project.  For those of you who might have a subscription, please turn to page 64; if not, please check out the PDF and read about the award-winning work Crestwood students are producing!

Do you have an interest in business? Are you looking to add business experiences to your resume? If so, the business case competition is for you! This competition will provide an opportunity for students to come together to read, analyze, and deliver a presentation on a real world business problem from an Ivey Business School case.

Practice Schedule for next week Junior and Senior Boys rugby Tues. Apr. 7 – 3:15-4:30 Thurs. Apr. 9 – 3:15-4:30 U14 Boys Rugby Wed. Apr. 8 – 3:15-4:30 Fri. Apr. 10 – 3:15-4:30 Varsity Girls Soccer Wed. Apr. 8 – 3:15-4:30 Fri. Apr. 10 – 3:15 – 4:30\ U14 Girls Soccer Wed. Apr. 8 –

Our last Pizza Lunch takes place Friday April 10th.  A big thank you to all who have supported Pizza Lunches by participating and/or volunteering. It is a PA fundraiser which helps to supplement the many initiatives that the Crestwood community takes on each year. Our Interguild is hosting a Parenting Workshop entitled Mindful Parenting on

Over the March Break a group of 15 students and three teachers traveled to sunny Nicaragua to help build a playground for a school located in the El Trapicha community. Eager to begin their work, Crestwood kids quickly settled into their lovely accommodations in Managua. After only a day of getting acquainted off they went

Looking for ways to get involved at CPC? Spring sports tryouts continue next week. Click here for the spring sports schedule.

March is National Nutrition Month and to celebrate we have created an educational health and wellness campaign “Fuel Up with Smart Sugars”. For the month of March posters have been displayed to educate students on types of sugars that are good for you and which ones to limit in their diet. On Wednesday March 25th

The PA Volunteer Drive has officially kicked off and we are looking for some volunteers for the remaining school year and the upcoming school year. Our April PA meeting will be on Thursday April 2nd, directly after school drop off. Join us for some coffee and get caught up on some of the school activities.

The results for the OFSAA swim meet are in and the Skain sisters proved that they are as strong at the Provincial level, as they are at the local one. Maddie Skain, in her first OFSAA appearance, swam a personal best time in the 50 fly, to place 8th overall. Not to be out done, Caiti

Ms. Bryant would like to extend a huge, all-encompassing, world-turning congratulations to the cast and crew of Crestwood’s Sears Festival production of “S.S. Ethie.” The show, performed on Tuesday evening at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, went extremely well and students should be extremely proud of themselves. None of this, however, could have been possible without

On Monday March 2nd, Crestwood’s Student Government organized a fun-filled, after-school journey to Playdium for Grade 7 and 8 students. Those in attendance enjoyed high-tech attractions, arcade games, bumper cars and more! It was a great experience and we are looking forward to similar events in the future.

With all the snow, it is hard to believe but the Spring Athletic Season is upon us!  Below is a list of teams we will be offering this spring.  The first tryout date and the coaches are also included. Team Coach First Try-out date U14 boys rugby (Gr. 7-8) Mr. M. Pagano / Mr. Tanev

The Conference of Independent Schools’ Athletic Association will be proudly presenting a very informative workshop for the parents of our male and female student/athletes. The workshop will be hosted on Thursday, April 2nd, 2015 from 7:00-8:30pm in George Weston Hall (Upper Canada College Preparatory School) Best of all, there will be no cost to attend.

Grade 8 student, Alex Martin and grade 7 student, Samara Black competed in Kiwanis this past week in the musical theatre category. They preformed magnificently and in the up tempo, Alex got first gold in her group and in contemporary she was awarded first platinum. Samara was wonderful in her play (she played Marmee in

Next week Caiti and Maddie Skain will be representing Crestwood Preparatory College at the OFSAA swimming championships. This will be Caiti’s third trip to OFSAA as she continues to show her fierce competitive streak. This is Maddie’s first trip to OFSAA and she will be defending her undefeated CISAA title in the 50 butterfly. Crestwood

On Tuesday February 24th, the grade 8’s attended a workshop given by Shelley Hamilton, educating them about Black History Month from a Canadian perspective.  Ms. Hamilton used musical and spoken word to enlighten students about the history of her roots as were passed down to her from her Nova Scotian ancestors.  The workshop included how

On Tuesday, March 3rd, Crestwood student will be performing in the Sears Ontario Drama Festival at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts. Their production, “S.S. Ethie” by Shane Ellis Coates, tells the story of a group of passengers on a coastal steamer that was run aground in December 1919 off the coast of Newfoundland. Using both

On Tuesday February 24th, Crestwood’s International Club braved the cold to go ice skating at Harbourfront. While the wind was cold, we bundled up and hit the ice! Great fun was had by all.

Over the past few months, food prices across the country have risen and all of our grocery bills have climbed.  These rising food costs have been felt here at the school in our cafeteria costs.  We have been absorbing these costs and have not increased meal costs to the students since September 2013.  Unfortunately, we

The Conference of Independent Schools’ Athletic Association will be proudly presenting a very informative workshop for parents of our male and female student/athletes. The workshop will be hosted on Tuesday March 31st, 2015 from 7:00-8:30pm in George Weston Hall (Upper Canada College Preparatory School) Best of all, there will be admission fee. If you are

Congratulations to the varsity boy’s hockey team on their win against SJK. Being down 2-0 at the end of the first period, made for an uphill climb back into the game. The boys were relentless and pushed the pace of play for the rest of the game. Their hard work paid off, as they evened

Wondering what is for lunch for this up-coming week? Click here Cafeteria Update Over the past few months, food prices across the country have risen and all of our grocery bills have climbed.  These rising food costs have been felt here at the school in our cafeteria costs.  We have been absorbing these costs and

The PA is starting to plan for next year. We are looking for feedback from the parents.  The School Bundles Coordinator is preparing for next year and is also looking for some feedback. Would you like to see parent mornings with special guest speakers? A walking club? A Crestwood Prep Blue Jays Game? A Facebook

The Guidance Department visited the Grade 10 Careers classes this week to begin talking about postsecondary pathways, and important information to help students make decisions around career planning. These three-class sessions will introduce students to tools they may use to help them consider their strengths and interests, and ways in which they may explore these

Throughout the year, Crestwood has been practicing the emergency procedures protocol. Please follow the link to review the emergency measures at Crestwood Preparatory College

YARRD/Me to We would like to thank the entire Crestwood community for its support last week. Thanks for your efforts and participation in the Friday Red, Pink and White Grub Day and Candy-Gram sales. We raised $1005 which will go towards supporting Crestwood’s three foster children.

Each month, the International Corner will feature interesting information on different countries that students at Crestwood Preparatory College call home. The month of February has been dedicated to Chinese culture. On Wednesday February 18th, the cafeteria served some delicious Chinese food for lunch to celebrate Chinese New Year. Stay tuned, next month’s theme is Turkey!